The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare or the prefectural governor may, when it is determined necessary for an evaluation concerning the effect of Insurance Benefits or other matter, request a Municipality to submit a report concerning the performance of said project.
厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、市町村に対し、保険給付の効果に関する評価のためその他必要があると認めるときは、その事業の実施の状況に関する報告を求めることができる。
The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare may request a prefectural governor or the mayor of a Municipality, when it is determined to be necessary with respect to the affairs to be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter V by said prefectural governor or mayor of said Municipality, to submit a report, or may provide advice or recommendation.
厚生労働大臣は、都道府県知事又は市町村長に対し、当該都道府県知事又は市町村長が第五章の規定により行う事務に関し必要があると認めるときは、報告を求め、又は助言若しくは勧告をすることができる。
A prefectural governor may request the mayor of a Municipality (excluding the mayors of designated cities and core cities; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), when it is determined to be necessary with respect to the affairs to be conducted by said mayor of a Municipality pursuant to the provisions of Chapter V, to submit a report, or may provide advice or recommendation.
The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare or a prefectural governor, as pertaining to a medical insurer, when he or she determines the necessity for a calculation of an amount of payment, may collect reports concerning said operation, or direct personnel to investigate said conditions in practice.
The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.